What is the slowest music or BPM your brain can process?

While the typical answer is 33 beats per minute, musician Adam Neely’s answer morphs into a great primer on the “perceptual present,” a concept widely discussed in both the philosophy of music and of consciousness. The Principles of Psychology In The Principles of Psychology, philosopher ...

What Does Music Look Like Today?

Jeremy Deller is a rare artist whose work has won him fans well outside of the micro-culture of the fine art world. Large-scale event-pieces such as “The Battle of Orgreave” — a 2001 reenactment of the violent 1984 clash between police and miners in the North of England — and

Frankfurt’s “Museum Of Modern Electronic Music” Set to Open Soon

After its initial announcements back in 2015, Frankfurt’s Museum Of Modern Electronic Music will finally open in a pop-up space this spring. The museum will temporarily take over the location for two to four years before finding its permanent home in the city. Frankfurt’s Museum Of Modern ...

New Electronic Synthesizer Designed for Kids

Playtime Engineering has introduced a new toy called the Blipbox Audio Exploration Module, a synthesizer designed to get kids hooked on electronic music. From the company’s description of the Blipbox, it’s a fully functional synthesizer beatbox that has been simplified and optimized so everyone, ...